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Teaching consent is something that should start as early as possible. However, this doesn’t always mean sexual consent, especially for very young children. A great place to start is teaching about boundaries and how to say no when we don’t want something.

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Check out planned parenthood’s resources for parents page for home sex ed tips!

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Are you looking for a kit with the manual Orientation?

Here is the perfect kit for those working with college students. It contains over 75 lesson plans from these three manuals!

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What should you teach your middle schooler about sex and sexuality? Find answers below!

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Should sex ed teach about masturbation?

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“Currently, just 29 U.S. states and Washington D.C. mandate sex education in schools, and only 11 states and D.C. require LGBTQ-inclusive sex education.”

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Empowering your kids about sexual boundaries is important: “Our findings suggest that women were thinking about risks and making calculated decisions in the moment which often privileged men, putting themselves at risk and sometimes causing distress.”
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Where did you get your information about sex? Share your story below:

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Sex Ed in the Post-Roe World: Implications for Public Health Education
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A case for starting sex ed in kindergarten:
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"Some scholars argue that if we could eliminate unintended pregnancy, we would disrupt the poverty cycle in such a profound way that we would make the largest single-issue dent possible to poverty in the industrialized world."
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"Learning outcomes should focus on reducing shame about porn, improving critical thinking skills about body image and dissatisfaction; sexual and gender-based violence; fetishizing of gay and transgender communities; and unrealistic standards for sex."
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Can you teach old people new tricks? The answer is YES!

"After the training, acceptance of lesbian women and gay men and gender diversity had increased, while attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities became more positive"

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Need another reason to hate abstinence-only sex ed? Read the stories at the ink below:
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A call to action: LGBTQ+ kids need comprehensive sex ed!

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Most abstinence-only sex ed programs rely on scare tactics and shame strategies (many of which are demonstrated in the stories provided in this project) that stigmatize sex and stunt healthy sexual development.

Read stories from real people below!

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What is "normal" sex? Read more to find out (hint, there is no such thing):
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The US ranks #1 among developed nations in rates of teen pregnancy and STDs. To reduce these rates, the US government has funded abstinence-only sex ed programs. The data show that abstinence-only sex ed is ineffective in preventing teen pregnancy.
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Want fun comprehensive sex Ed facts, this is the article is for you!

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Canan, Kaplan & @KNJozkowski found 15 distinct ways that victims respond during sexual assault. Read more here: https://t.co/7bmUwQ9Oua

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Curious about what our mission is? Curious why we are so passionate about good comprehensive sex ed? Click the link below:
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